Samuel Williamson (swimmer)
Australian swimmer
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Samuel Williamson (born 19 December 1997) is an Australian international swimmer. He has represented Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and won one gold, two silver and a bronze medal.[1][2]
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 December 1997 Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Williamson is from Melbourne. He attended Sandringham College, graduating in 2015 and receiving a prestigious ATAR in the 90's[3] (including a study score of 44 in English, placing him in roughly the top 2 percent of the state[4]) He was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where he competed in the men's 50m metres breaststroke, reaching the final and winning a silver medal. He also reached the final of the 100m breaststroke and won a bronze medal.[1][5][6]
At the 2022 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, held in Sydney in August, Williamson won the gold medal in the 50 meter breaststroke, 100 meter breaststroke, and 200 meter breaststroke.[7][8]
